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Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza

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Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza
First Vice-President of the International Criminal Court
In office
11 March 2021 – 10 March 2024
Preceded byRobert Fremr
Succeeded byRosario Salvatore Aitala
Judge of the International Criminal Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2018
Nominated byPeru
Appointed byAssembly of States Parties
Personal details
Born (1955-07-15) 15 July 1955 (age 69)
Trujillo, Peru

Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza (born 15 July 1955[1] in Trujillo[2]) is a Peruvian jurist and judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. Ibañez Carranza is the first Peruvian judge at the ICC.[3][4] Before being elected as a judge at the ICC, she was a prosecutor and professor in Peru.

Education

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In 1974 she began to study law at the National University of Trujillo from where she graduated with a BSc in 1982.[1] Between April 1996 she followed up in her studies at the university Inca Garcilaso de la Vega from where in 1998 she obtained a MSc in Criminal law and in 2007 a Doctorate in law[1]

Academic career

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In 1996 she became a lecturer in criminal law at the National University Federico Villareal, a position she kept until 2004.[1] In 2004 she was promoted to Professor at the same university in Lima.[1] Additionally, she is the author of several academic papers and books.[1]

Juridical career

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Between 1982 and 1984 she was an assistant prosecutor in Lima.[1] Between 1984 and 1988 she served as a deputy provincial prosecutor and from 1988 to 1989, as the provincial prosecutor for the province of Lima in the 4th provincial prosecutor's office.[1] In 1992 she assumed as the provincial prosecutor for Trujillo, which she stayed until January 1993.[1] Onwards she practiced as a lawyer until 1999.[1] Between 2004 and 2017 she was the chief prosecutor for Lima and the prosecutor at the 2nd National Criminal Court that focused on human rights violations,[1] coming to prominence while prosecuting Abimael Guzmán, the leader of Sendero Luminoso, sentenced to life in prison.[5] Between 2005 and 2007 she was involved in over 500 investigations also of human rights violation during the Peruvian internal armed conflict.[6] Other prominent trials in which she was the prosecutor where El Fronton[4][7] a case against members of the Peruvian Navy accused of extrajudicial killings on a prison on an island[6] or the one against Victor Polay, the leader of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA).[1]

She was also the delegate representing Peru before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (CIDH), the Inter-American Commission against Terrorism (CICTE) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (ACNUDH).[8]

Judge at the International Criminal Court

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She was elected to the International Criminal Court in December 2017[9] and took up the position in 2018.[10] She is a member of the appeals court in the trial of Laurent Gbagbo, the ex-President of the Ivory Coast who was acquitted by the ICC and the former Congolese rebel Bosco Ntaganda, sentenced to 30 years imprisonment.[10] Since March 2021, she is the vice president of the ICC.[10] In December 2022, she presided over the chamber that confirmed the conviction of Dominic Ongwen, a former leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) from Uganda to 25 years imprisonment for the crimes of murder, rape and forced pregnancy.[11]

In September 2023, Russia issued an arrest warrant for Ibañez Carranza on unspecified charges, in retaliation for the ICC having issued a warrant against President Vladimir Putin.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Sixth election of judges of the International Criminal Court" (PDF). ICC. 2017. pp. 46–48.
  2. ^ https://asp.icc-cpi.int/sites/asp/files/asp_docs/Elections/EJ2017/ICC-ASP-EJ2017-PER-ADD1-ENG.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Por primera vez fiscal peruana será jueza de la Corte Penal Internacional". Andina (in Spanish). 4 December 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Fiscal peruana es elegida Jueza de la Corte Penal Internacional". Rodríguez Angobaldo Abogados (in European Spanish). 31 December 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Luz Ibáñez: "Le dimos a Abimael Guzmán y a toda la cúpula de Sendero Luminoso una lección de derecho"". RPP (in Spanish). 12 September 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC), Questionnaire for ICC Judicial Candidates December 2017 Elections" (PDF). International Criminal Court. 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  7. ^ Edmundo, Cruz (7 January 2013). "Acusación fiscal sobre matanza de El Frontón alcanzaría a Alan García". La Republica (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Luz del Carmen Ibáñez: Jueza peruana es nombrada vicepresidenta de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) | nndc | MUNDO". El Comercio (in Spanish). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Fiscal Luz del Carmen Ibáñez es elegida jueza de la Corte Penal Internacional". Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "La jueza peruana Luz del Carmen Ibáñez, nombrada vicepresidenta de la CPI". Swissinfo (in Spanish). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Uganda: ICC upholds conviction of feared LRA commander – DW – 12/15/2022". dw.com. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  12. ^ Chiappa, Claudia (25 September 2023). "Russia puts international court's top leadership on wanted list". Politico.
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